SAVING TIME WITH THE DATA ACCESS PAGE WIZARDS

As when you create other Access objects, the Access team has created a wizard to help you get going quickly and easily with a new DAP. One method that allows you to start off quickly and easily is the AutoPage: Columnar feature.

Using AutoPage: Columnar

While in Northwind.mdb's Database window, follow these steps:

1.
Choose Page from the Insert menu. In the New Data Access Page dialog, you have the following options: Design View, Existing Web Page, Page Wizard, and AutoPage: Columnar.
2.
Select AutoPage: Columnar.
3.
Select the table or query to base the page on—in this case, Customers (see Figure 12.5).
Figure 12.5. Notice the choices displayed as listed in step 1.
4.
Click OK.
5.
In the

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